98 Inspiring Spiritual Quotes

In a world bustling with activity and noise, finding moments of tranquility and reflection can be a challenge. Yet, within these moments lie opportunities for profound spiritual awakening and personal growth. Spiritual quotes have long served as a beacon of light for those navigating the complexities of life, offering wisdom, hope, and inspiration. This collection of 98 inspiring spiritual quotes has been thoughtfully curated to uplift your spirit and guide you on your journey toward inner peace and enlightenment. Whether you're seeking comfort, motivation, or a deeper understanding of yourself and the universe, these timeless words are sure to resonate with your soul and nurture your mind. Dive in and let these quotes inspire a more positive, fulfilling path forward.

1. “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:34” - Anonymous

2. “Down on the lake rosy reflections of celestial vapor appeared, and I said, "God, I love you" and looked to the sky and really meant it. "I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other." To the children and the innocent it's all the same.” - Jack Kerouac

3. “Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours.” - Richard Bach

4. “Let mental culture go on advancing, let the natural sciences progress in even greater extent and depth, and the human mind widen itself as much as it desires: beyond the elevation and moral culture of Christianity, as it shines forth in the Gospels, it will not go.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

5. “Noi tutti siamo esiliatientro lo cornici di uno strano quadro.Chi sa questo, viva da grande,Gli altri sono insetti.” - Leonardo da Vinci

6. “Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.” - Bono

7. “When the heart is hard and parched up, come upon me with a shower of mercy.When grace is lost from life, come with a burst of song.When tumultuous work raises its din on all sides shutting me out from beyond, come to me, my lord of silence, with thy peace and rest.When my beggarly heart sits crouched, shut up in a corner, break open the door, my king, and come with the ceremony of a king.When desire blinds the mind with delusion and dust, O thou holy one, thou wakeful, come with thy light and thy thunder.” - Rabindranath Tagore

8. “Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.” - Elizabeth Gilbert

9. “Kita berada di jalan satu arah, mengantarkan kita dari kehidupan fisik temporer ke kehidupan roh yang abadi.” - Khalil A. Khavari

10. “Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

11. “Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.” - Thomas A. Kempis

12. “The Yogic scriptures say that God responds to the sacred prayers and efforts of human beings in any way whatsoever that mortals choose to worship - just so long as those prayers are sincere.” - Elizabeth Gilbert

13. “What about everybody else Pye? How many lives can there be in one universe?'[...] 'How many lives Richard?'[...]'One.'.” - Richard Bach

14. “Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.” - Carlos Casteneda

15. “The circumstance of the mind is equivalent to the circumstance of your reality and a pure sign of the justification of the universe. Positive energy equals a positive well being and the manifestation of positive things thereof.Do you have the wherewithal to be positive? Do you hold the key to your destiny or the barrier to your dismay? Insightful are those with an open ear and an open heart to these principles. Are you on the right track? Whether you say yes or no to this question, your reality is a direct reflection.” - Will Barnes

16. “Often, people build stories in their mind which have no basis in the contours of reality. Those which build these images, are building such images which are based on their relatively limited sense of understanding about the particular subject or person. This is a "fill in the blank" reality, which often manifests itself into the hearts and the minds of those who have a "fill in the blank" mindset, not the person with the here said reality.The universe is designed in a way that reflects itself, just like a mirror, showing you exactly who you are to yourself, not who others are. Your largest and most concealed insecurities have their way of presenting themselves to you in a fashion that is relative to your self designed way of communication.This short writing is a reminder that your preconceived notions on a particular subject or person, are a construct of your inner mind and emotional-relational well being and not of others. This is one of the largest fundamental truths in which you must have large insight to carefully watch who and what you massacre with your personal thoughts.Having a keen sense of control on this subject will lead you to enlightenment in many platforms of life.” - Will Barnes

17. “When you combine desire and faith to that it is in which you aspire to, you send an proactive force into the universe that creates a wave of energy, thus activating energy particles which then begin the manifestation process, kind of like a magnet to iron. The bigger the desire equaled with faith, the higher likeliness of materializing what it is you strive for. Stop living a life in which you are not in control of and join forces with the universe in which we are all a part of. Expand your consciousness and be grateful for every instance in the physical plane, it is what you must decide if you want to live the life that you want.” - Will Barnes

18. “An attitude of gratitude brings great things.” - Yogi Bhajan

19. “Man has made remarkable strides in conquering outer space, but how futile have been his efforts in conquering inner space- the space in our hearts and minds of men.” - Thomas S. Monson

20. “The question of bread for myself is a material question, but the question of bread for my neighbor is a spiritual question.” - Nikolai Berdyaev

21. “many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. charm is deceptive, beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised” - Anonymous

22. “Spirit does not exist in just one location; rather it is all encompassing, living within and amongst us in each moment, thought and action. I believe that Spirit is raised to it's highest level, when individuals gather with wisdom, compassion and a discerning desire to provide service to humanity". We are all One, One Energy, from One Light. Let us band together as Humans, with love for all of humanity, living each day in harmony as we explore our spirit.” - Kala Ambrose

23. “You know how they say the path to hell is paved with good intentions? Well, maybe the path to heaven is paved with bad ones.” - Jake Coburn

24. “We are spirits clad in veils.” - Christopher P. Cranch

25. “There is a connection between heaven and earth. Finding that connection gives meaning to everything, including death. Missing it makes everything meaningless, including life. ” - John H. Groberg

26. “Maya Angelou entered our lives at Virago in 1984, when we first published I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. "Entered our lives" is too tame. She danced, sang, and laughed her way straight into our hearts. She brought us a best-seller, but more than that, she brought us a reminder that the human need for dignity and recognition is a gift easily given to one another, but also frighteningly easy to withhold.” - Lennie Goodings

27. “I never thought it would be easy to serve God," she said. "I just didn't think it would be this hard.” - Frank Herbert

28. “I always encourage them to practice in a way that will help them go back to their own tradition and get re-rooted. If they succeed at at becoming reintegrated, they will be an important instrument in transforming and renewing their tradition. ...When we respect our blood ancestors and our spiritual ancestors, we feel rooted. If we find ways to cherish and develop our spiritual heritage, we will avoid the kind of alienation that is destroying society, and we will become whole again. ... Learning to touch deeply the jewels of our own tradition will allow us to understand and appreciate the values of other traditions, and this will benefit everyone.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

29. “Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants.” - Esther De Wall

30. “Life of any real value or substance is not formed during good times merely enjoyed.” - John Paul warren

31. “Life seems to be fashioned and formed best out of the obstacles that seem unbearable.” - John Paul warren

32. “You can lose your MONEY. You can lose your FRIENDS. You can lose your JOB and you can lose your MARRIAGE...and still recover...as long as there is HOPE. Never lose HOPE.” - John Paul warren

33. “Your circumstances do NOT define you. Expect a GRAND finale.” - John Paul warren

34. “There is one power in the Universe and we can all use it.” - Ernest Holmes

35. “Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.” - Frederick Buechner

36. “Writing was a spiritual exercise for my father, the only thing he really believed in.” - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

37. “In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagavad-Gita with full understanding it is necessary to attune our soul to it.” - Rudolf Steiner

38. “The more that science unravels about the wonder of life and the universe, the more i am in are of it. the beauty and wonder of the universe and all that surrounds us offers proof of God. I like that idea” - Ranya Idliby

39. “What Brahman is cannot be described. All things in the world — the Vedas, the Puranas, the Tantras, the six systems of philosophy — have been defiled, like food that has been touched by the tongue, for they have been read or uttered by the tongue. Only one thing has not been defiled in this way, and that is Brahman. No one has ever been able to say what Brahman is.” - Sri Ramakrishna

40. “If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.” - Neale Donald Walsch

41. “The Lord is much like the air around us. The air is all around us, it is everywhere. Even though we can't see it, it is there, we know it is there, because we are breathing. The Lord is everywhere too, you can't see Him, but He is there, we know He is there, because we are breathing. (Page 183)” - Raymond D. Reifinger III

42. “Perhaps the most "spiritual" thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.” - Jon Kabat-Zinn

43. “You do not exist to serve the illusion. The illusion exists to serve you.” - Lauren Zimmerman

44. “We pay for sins we do not remember, and seek to do a will we can scarce fathom. That is what it is, to be a god's chosen. ” - Jacqueline Carey

45. “Do not despair. Do not give up. Look for the sunlight through the clouds.” - Gordon B. Hinckley

46. “My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.” - Billy Graham

47. “The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. God's creative genius is endless.” - Eugene H. Peterson

48. “Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender” - Elizabeth Gilbert

49. “But my favorite of Einstein's words on religion is "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." I like this because both science and religion are needed to answer life's great questions.” - Temple Grandin

50. “It’s not enough to hear or think about the truth, we must experience it for ourselves if we are to truly know it.” - Eliza MADA Dalian

51. “No ideology can help to create a new worldor a new mind or a new human being --because ideological orientation itselfis the root cause of all the conflicts and all the miseries. Thought creates boundaries, thought creates divisions and thought creates prejudices; thought itself cannot bridge them. That's why all ideologies fail. Now man must learn to live without ideologiesreligious, political or otherwise. When the mind is not tethered to any ideology, it is free to move to new understandings. And in that freedom flowers all that is good and all that is beautiful.” - Osho

52. “A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood” - Brandon Sanderson

53. “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.” - Vivekananda

54. “The degree of panic activity in my life is equal to the degree of my lack of personal spiritual experience.” - Oswald Chambers

55. “Reading is my passion and my escape since I was 5 years old. Overall, children don't realize the magic that can live inside their own heads. Better even then any movie.” - Eckhart Tolle

56. “para pemeluk agama pasti marah jika tahu aku mengatakan hal itu, karena mereka hanya memeluk agama, cuma meluk jadi cenggur. beda dengan penyetubuh/pengencuk agama yang paham dengan agamanya hingga bisa klimaks dengan Tuhan. Met pacaran ma Tuhan Cuuk!!” - Sujiwo Tejo

57. “The ego lusts for satisfaction. It has a prideful ferocious appetite for its version of "truth". It is the most challenging aspect to conquer; the cause for most spiritual turmoil.” - T.F. Hodge

58. “Gratitude becomes spiritual, a spiritual virtue and a spiritual emotion, when we are moved in our response by a God-centered view of the three: gift, recipient, and giver. – p. 56” - Ray A

59. “We work very hard to have what Buddha gave up to become enlightened. Does that mean we are benighted?” - Rohan and Mohan Perera (World of Ro and Mo)

60. “What you gain another will lose, for What is there is all there is. What you share another will have, for What is there is enough for all.” - Rohan and Mohan Perera (World of Ro and Mo)

61. “Great spiritual teachers throughout the ages have stated that orgasm is the closest some people come to a spiritual experience because of the momentary loss of self. Why is this true? Because with spiritual sex, you move beyond orgasm into a connection with yourself, your partner, and the divine — recognizing them all as one.” - Alexandra Katehakis

62. “Low states are a like a poison to the psyche. Millions of people throughout the world take tranquillizers each day to combat depression, but this does not tackle its root cause, which is found in the basic state of the internal energies of the psyche.Basically the energy of the psyche needs to change, from low states to spiritual ones. It requires inner observation, the destruction of the egos, and alchemical transformation.” - Belsebuub

63. “You need to trustTo surrenderTo ask for guidanceGo within for the answersThey're within youYou have the answersAll you need do is ask” - Karen Hackel

64. “Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.” - John Bunyan

65. “The calendar is a human invention; time does not exist on the spiritual level.” - Isabel Allende

66. “I move in the university of the waves.” - Pablo Neruda

67. “Harry Potter is one boy in a long line of mythical heroes who have reminded the human race that we are so much more than we think we are, so much more powerful than we seem to know. Jesus said that we would someday do even greater works than He; should we not take Him at His word? And should not 'someday' be today? It's time for us to start working miracles, if indeed we have the capacity within us to do so.” - Marianne Williamson

68. “Sex parties, alcohol and drugs lost their appeal to Sven after a while. Music never did, in his continual search for that sober connection--intimacy with one person over a long period of time, as opposed to periods of intimacy with a bunch of random faces.” - Jess C. Scott

69. “It's Time2Know, Time2Understand!” - Daniel Samson

70. “piensa que el hecho de que no existan luchas, odio ni deseos significa que tampoco existen las cosas opuestas. Es decir, la alegría, la paz de espíritu, el amor. Porque es de la desesperanza, del desengaño y de la tristeza de donde nace la alegría y, sin ellas, ésta no podría existir. Es imposible encontrar una paz de espíritu sin desesperación” - Haruki Murakami

71. “The problem is not that you have problems; the problem is that you see having problems as a problem.” - Maurice Makalu

72. “The gifts of the Master are these: freedom, life, hope, new direction, transformation, and intimacy with God. If the cross was the end of the story, we would have no hope. But the cross isn't the end. Jesus didn't escape from death; he conquered it and opened the way to heaven for all who will dare to believe. The truth of this moment, if we let it sweep over us, is stunning. It means Jesus really is who he claimed to be, we are really as lost as he said we are, and he really is the only way for us to intimately and spiritually connect with God again.” - Steven James

73. “Some are born virtuous, some become virtuous. To be good by nature is indeed fortunate but to become good is like walking on a double-edged sword; it takes a longer time and is more painful.” - Umera Ahmed

74. “God is taking a nap within my soul. I ponder whether to wake Him or not.” - Harley King

75. “The ice has to face the heatand melt to reach the Ocean.” - Ozay Oktay

76. “Believe and achieve with Cosmic Ordering.” - Stephen Richards

77. “On the road to success some will always expect tragedy ... ditch your doubts and experience success with Cosmic Ordering.” - Stephen Richards

78. “Whatever your desire, use Cosmic Ordering to get what you require!” - Stephen Richards

79. “We have been born into a certain Culture, at a certain phase of its organic development, we have certain gifts. These condition the earthly task which we must perform. The metaphysical task is beyond any conditioning, for it would have been the same in any age anywhere. The earthly task is merely the form of the higher task, its organic vehicle.” - Francis Parker Yockey

80. “Willful blindness sees no end of damage done.” - Stephen Richards

81. “An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.” - سعدی

82. “When spiritual friends share their stories, the others listen without working. They rest. There’s nothing to fix, nothing to improve. A spiritual community feels undisturbed quiet as they listen, certainly burdened . . . but still resting in the knowledge that the life within, the passion for holiness, is indestructible. It needs only to be nourished and released.” - Larry Crabb

83. “Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks in… You can gain all the spiritual gifts in the world. You can take the most radical steps of obedience. You can share every meal with the homeless in your city. You can memorize the book of Leviticus. You can pray each morning for four hours like Martin Luther. But if what you do does not flow out of a heart of love - a heart that does those things because it genuinely desires to do them - it is ultimately worthless to God.” - J.D. Greear

84. “who is GOD and what is it? The existence of GOD is just a feeling. No one has ever seen the GOD we all think that the god does exist and pray Him.” - G venkatesh

85. “The only person truly capable of keeping me from fulfilling my dream is me.” - Doeray L. Griffin

86. “Allah tests our patience and our fortitude. He tests out strength of faith. be patient and there will endless rewards for you, insha'Allah" - Utaz Badr” - Leila Aboulela

87. “I believe in you my soul, the other I am must not abase itself to you,And you must not be abased to the other.Loaf with me on the grass, loose the stop from your throat,Not words, not music or rhyme I want, not custom or lecture, not even the best,Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice.I mind how once we lay such a transparent summer morning,How you settled your head athwart my hips, and gently turned over upon me,And parted the shirt from my bosom bone, and plunged your tongue to my bare-stripped heart,And reached till you felt my beard, and reached till you held my feet.Swiftly arose and spread around me the peace and knowledge that pass all the argument of the earth,And I know that the hand of God is the promise of my own,And I know that the spirit of God is the brother of my own,And that all the men ever born are also my brothers, and the women my sisters and lovers,And that a kelson of the creation is love,And limitless are leaves stiff or drooping in the fields,And brown ants in the little wells beneath them,And mossy scabs of the worm fence, heaped stones, elder, mullein and pokeweed.” - Walt Whiman

88. “I want to be a woman who lives totally abandoned to the first commandment: to love my Lord, my God, with all my heart. I don’t want the reputation that I love God, I don’t want to write songs about loving God, I don’t want to talk about loving God. I want to actually love God. When I close my eyes, I want my heart to move. When I close my eyes and I look at Him, I want to feel alive on the inside. I want to look at Him with a fire in my heart and it’s real.” - Misty Edwards

89. “Ego is the world's worst narcotic” - Mekael Shane

90. “Somehow, we have gotten off track from the basics of health and spirituality, and we get in our own way.” - Alice McCall

91. “I believe that the greatest truths of the universe don't lie outside, in the study of the stars and the planets. They lie deep within us, in the magnificence of our heart, mind, and soul. Until we understand what is within, we can't understand what is without.” - Anita Moorjani

92. “The world we live in might not be free from pain, but you have the ability to create for yourself a world free from struggle.” - Sheila Applegate

93. “I used to always worry about money and where it would come from, but now I know that God is the supplier and the giver of good gifts.” - Jean Coleman

94. “Drama, can never outrun, outweigh, or outlast Dreams.Dreams, always has hope cheering it on.And Victory, is always waiting at the finish line.” - Keith Hammond

95. “Once we deeply trust that we ourselves are precious in God's eyes, we are able to recognize the preciousness of others and their unique places in God's heart.” - Henri J. M. Nouwen

96. “The Glory of this life is in viewing it as eternal.” - Beth Johnson

97. “Man moves in a world that is nothing more or less than his consciousness objectified.–Neville Goddard” - Neville Goddard

98. “I'm at my strongest when I'm able to let go, when I suspend my beliefs as well as disbeliefs, and leave myself open to all possibilities. That also seems to be when I'm able to experience the most internal clarity and synchronicities.” - Anita Moorjani